Waitin Around To Die chords by Townes Van Zandt

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

A minorAm                   DmDm
Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
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Sometimes I don't even know the reason why
 A minorAm
I guess I'll keep a'gambling
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Lots of booze and lots of rambling
   A minorAm        E minorEm        A minorAm
It's easier than just a-waitin' around to die

A minorAm             DmDm
One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa
  A minorAm                 E minorEm
He beat her with a belt once cause she cried
 A minorAm
She told him to take care of me
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She headed down to Tennessee
   A minorAm        E minorEm         A minorAm
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die

A minorAm                   DmDm
I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar
  A minorAm                E minorEm
She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly
 A minorAm
I tried to kill the pain
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I bought some wine and hopped a train
   A minorAm        E minorEm        A minorAm
Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die

A minorAm                   DmDm
A augmentedA friend said he knew where some easy money was
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We robbed a man and brother did we fly
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The posse caught up with me
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Drug me back to Muskogee
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It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die

A minorAm                   DmDm
Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
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He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie
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His name's codeine
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He's the nicest thing I've seen
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Together we're gonna wait around and die